Large Animal Avoidance

[I Feel Old]

I'm curious as to the effectiveness of this function.

Does it work, anyone able to speak from experience? Anyone been saved?

I'm particularly interested in its effectiveness in detecting deer.

The title indicates it prevents impact. To achieve this it must have a fair range. Anyone know what that range is?

[galloot633]

If this function is new I having heard about it yet , however when the xc90 was first released to the press it boasted some sort of gyrostopic stability control if you had to swerve to avoid a large animal , e.g. moose , hence the prancing moose emblem seen on some owners cars
Dave

[I Feel Old]

Interesting there hasn't been responses as to its usefulness.

It's a standard feature as part of Volvo's City Safety.

City Safety with Steering Support (includes Pedestrian, Cyclist and Large Animal Detection and Front Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake)

[Whippy]

Originally Posted by I Feel Old

Interesting there hasn't been responses as to its usefulness.

It's a standard feature as part of Volvo's City Safety.

Not too many Moose in islington I guess.

[I Feel Old]

No, but huge numbers of dear in the Highlands and other rural parts of the UK.

[dingov70]

Originally Posted by Whippy

Not too many Moose in islington I guess.

I've seen a fair few on a Friday night ,when i was stuck there overnight !

[capt jack]

The problem with the moose - or as it's Swedish, strictly speaking an elk, is that they have long skinny legs and a large body. Hit an elk and its legs will buckle under, leaving its very big and top-heavy body, head and antlers to do serious mischief to you and your car. Other big quadrupeds - cows, deer, horses, bison, buffalo etc - tend not to have quite the same basic design flaw of skinny pins and top-heavy torso.

Down under the issue is one of wandering kangaroo and wallabies of course.

But more seriously, it was the then-new Mercedes A-Class that famously failed the large animal avoidance test in that swerving to miss a wandering elk would have the car up-ended in a ditch faster than you could say "Oh **** - it's Rudolph!". Mercedes did something clever to the suspension and moose-kind was preserved.

I'd always believed that the prancing moose badge was more a send-up of the Ferrari prancing horse than any references to Moose Avoidance Technology.

Jack

[id5]

Originally Posted by dingov70

I've seen a fair few on a Friday night ,when i was stuck there overnight !

Perhaps moose advoidance technology needs to be attached to beer googles

[xsaab]

Remember it is not the first deer you see that damages your car but the second deer following the first deer that wrecks your car.